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मेलाmelā

मेला (melā) is a Sanskrit word meaning meeting, union, or intercourse, an association, assembly, company, or society, a musical scale, a particular high number, ink, antimony or eye-salve. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Ink and Related Terms, Antimony / Eye-Salve, Assembly or Company of People.

Root
मिल् (mil)
Definitions
17
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Meanings by context

Antimony / Eye-Salve

2 definitions
antimony or eye-salve

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Antimony

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Assembly or Company of People

2 definitions
an association, assembly, company, or society

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A company, assembly, or society.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Meeting or Union

2 definitions
Meeting, union, or intercourse

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Union, intercourse

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Musical Scale

2 definitions
a musical scale

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A musical scale

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Indigo Plant

2 definitions
the indigo plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The indigo plant

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A High Number

1 definition
a particular high number

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Referential/Grammatical Note

1 definition
See below.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Summary of Multiple Meanings

1 definition
1. Union or intercourse. 2. A company or society. 3. Ink. 4. Antimony. 5. The indigo plant. 6. A musical scale.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.